The Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere scored his first England goal in style and followed it up with another screamer to help maintain Englands 100% record in the Euro2016 Qualifiers, and he hopes that this will be the start of his proper career in the national team, like some of his previous heroes…
“It’s obviously nice to get my first goals for England, they have been a long time coming,” he said. “I probably wouldn’t have had a shot for the second one if I hadn’t already scored, but after I’d scored one I had more confidence. I have said that I need to score more goals, it is something I need to add to my game, something Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Paul Scholes have all done for England.”
But if the 23 year-old is to emulate those England legends he must first make sure that he loses his sick-note status first. Roy Hodgson was obviously pleased with his impressive performance, as he gushed after the game: “They weren’t just any old goals from Jack,”
“Neither of them was a tap-in. Both were fantastic and Jack took over the midfield in the second half. That was good to see.”
But Woy tempered his praise with the rider that Wilshere needs to stay out of the treatment room if he is to be a factor in the Euros next summer. “If we can keep him fit and he can get plenty of Premier League matches and international matches under his belt,” added Hodgson, “at his young age we think we’ve got a good player going forward.”
England have got a young improving team with quite a few Arsenal players stamping a claim to become regulars, but Wilshere, as well as Walcott and Gibbs, simply MUST stay fit to give England AND Arsenal more chance of winning some trophies next season…